Big days yesterday and today, lots of work.... got one of the dope repair wings finish painted and some prep for the new wing build tables.... 16' long. Today welding the pallet rack ends to their new configuration the tables will be 32" tall. It will enable cradle fixtures to hold wing skins for an accurate, true build. We pulled the stallion out of the trailer and set it all back on its gear, it'll be much easier to move about the shop this way.
The stallion is a unicorn plane for me... in the parlance of gone in 60 seconds, it's my Eleanor. An amazing airframe designed and engineered by Martin Hollman.... he did extensive FEA when he created it in the 90's.
He was the engineer behind the Lance Neibauer series of aircraft during the 80' and 90's, the series everyone knows as the lancair. This particular bird shares a wing with the lancair es. As built with the original continental engine it's a solid 200 to 220 kt airplane at 14000'. Our goal is to put a tio540 on it... that should get us to 17k ft and solid 250mph ground speeds. The guys in the back seat are a couple good friends, that's the furthest rear seat ( it seats six) it actually has more space side to side than a 170..... and that's the back seat. Martin was 6'6" it's even wider across the front seats.lots of head space. It has a massive useful load with a full wet wing... if you want it, 180 gallons. It'll fly 2500 miles non stop. Way longer leggs than my bladder. I plan to build a sit down liquid relief station into the aft seat with a tube out the tail. It's not a jet but it's going to be the most efficient means of fast cross country travel I can figure to fit my needs.
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